On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:37:40 GMT, Chris Hodges
wrote:

Frank Erskine wrote:

Or even a street lamppost. Around here the LA are replacing every lamp
in the city (well, a contractor is doing the work), and numerous
perfectly serviceable posts are no doubt being scrapped.
For rigidity you'd probably do better with a fairly stout post, such
as those found on main roads.

You're not in south glos are you? Do you know why they're doing it?

No - the North East!

The given reason for replacing them is that a large number of them are
made from concrete, and a few accidents have been caused by broken
posts. Since the design of the head has also been changed (to a
"downlighter" from a truncated cone), it was decided to replace the
lot.
Actually the LA has formed a partnership with Balfour Beatty and
formed a new company, who do all the streetlighting maintenance as
well as this replacement job.

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Frank Erskine
Sunderland